jalapeño
English

Alternative forms
- jalapeno (more common in the UK)
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhæl.əˈpeɪn.jəʊ/,[3][4] /ˌhæləˈpiːnəʊ/,[4] /ˌdʒæləˈpiːnəʊ/,[1][5] /ˌhæləˈpɛnjəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/,[2] IPA(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.joʊ/[4]
- (Canada) IPA(key): [ˌhaləˈpiːnjo] IPA(key): [-pɛn-], [-pe(ɪ)n-]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US, Northern California) (file)
Noun
jalapeño (plural jalapeños)
- A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.
- Synonyms: jalapeño pepper, jalap
- Coordinate term: cayenne pepper
Translations
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References
- “jalapeño”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “jalapeño”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “jalapeño”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “jalapeño”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “jalapeño”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “jalapeño” (US) / “jalapeño” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “jalapeño”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Polish
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xa.laˈpɛ.ɲɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲɔ
- Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño
Noun
jalapeño n (indeclinable)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- jalapeño in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/ [ha.laˈpẽ.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/ [χa.laˈpẽ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.laˈpe.ɲo/ [ha.laˈpe.ɲo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpɐ(j).ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xalaˈpeɲo/ [xa.laˈpe.ɲo]
- Rhymes: -eɲo
- Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño
Adjective
jalapeño (feminine jalapeña, masculine plural jalapeños, feminine plural jalapeñas)
- (relational) of Xalapa, Veracruz
Noun
jalapeño m (plural jalapeños, feminine jalapeña, feminine plural jalapeñas)
- an inhabitant or resident of Xalapa
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (pepper)
- Synonym: cuaresmeño
Descendants
Further reading
- “jalapeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Noun
jalapeño c
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
| Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | jalapeñon | jalapeños | jalapeñosarna |
| Genitive | jalapeños | jalapeñons | jalapeños | jalapeñosarnas |
References
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑɫɑˈpɛnjo/
- (informal) IPA(key): /ʒɑɫɑˈpɛno/
- Rhymes: -ɛnjo
Noun
jalapeño (definite accusative jalapeñoyu, plural jalapeñolar)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)